For whom “A Political Party is not … a group of men who intend to promote the public welfare upon some…
Joseph Schumpeter defined parties through their competitive struggle for political power. This fits his account of democracy as competition for leadership rather than an…
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For whom “A Political Party is not … a group of men who intend to promote the public welfare upon some particular principle on which they are all agreed. A party is a group whose members propose to act in concert in the competitive struggle for political power”?
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Joseph Schumpeter defined parties through their competitive struggle for political power. This fits his account of democracy as competition for leadership rather than an assumption that parties are united primarily by an agreed conception of public welfare.
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